formula
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"We don't need any more clothing, it's the everyday essentials, formula, nappies, wipes, toiletries," said Kavita.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The couple said they were currently in desperate need of baby formula and often had only a handful of tubs left in stock.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Inspired by Coxon and a formula in number theory known as the Chicken McNugget Theorem, they pooled their remaining food vouchers and bought hundreds of nuggets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Questions can sometimes emerge over who owns the formula for a product if a relationship between a retailer and a factory ends, said Mark Duedall, a partner at the law firm Baker Donelson.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Once the pot is on the stove, she pulls out the stuff to make Hector’s formula.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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"We wanted to see whether the starting point of his formulae fit naturally into some physics," says Sinha.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025
Students had formulae and equation sheets in some subjects, and were not tested on unfamiliar vocabulary in modern foreign language exams.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2023
"Negotiations are not just mathematical formulae but also personal relationships. And trust. Unfortunately, today we are losing a measure of trust in us," Podolyak said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
Pupils had extra information, such as formulae sheets and advanced warning of topics, ahead of their exams.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022
In this they are quite unlike testimonies, which degrade as they pass from ear to ear in an endless game of Chinese whispers; eighteenth-century probability theorists actually devised formulae for calculating this rate of degradation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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This is why I have come to appreciate what I think of as back-pocket formulas: reliable little systems you can make while your brain goes mostly offline.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Physicists have spent decades trying to reproduce the process with mathematical equations, but deriving the necessary formulas proved exceptionally difficult.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The states built a kind of clearinghouse to determine standard formulas such as how much capital an insurer must hold against every asset on its books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of California renters, lawyers alleged that Conservice’s policy was to deny tenants the right to view specific bills or formulas used to calculate their individual charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
To create her formulas, Mother took up something called “muscle testing,” which she explained to me as “asking the body what it needs and letting it answer.”
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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